{"product_id":"9781913547592","title":"Second Best","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e'An exquisitely bittersweet comedy of life's missed opportunities' Jonathan Coe, author of \u003ci\u003eBournville\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eA magical imagining of\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cb\u003e the fate of a fictional boy whose life is shaped forever when he loses out on the role of Harry Potter.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eIt's 1999. Martin Hill is ten years old, crazy about Arsenal and has a minor crush on a girl named Betty. \u003cspan\u003eThen he makes it to the final two in the casting for \u003ci\u003eHarry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn the end, the other boy is picked for the role of a lifetime. A devastated Martin tries to move on with his life. But how can he escape his failure, especially when it's the most famous film series in the world? \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFoenkinos’s smash-hit \u003ci\u003eSecond Best\u003c\/i\u003e is a playful, poignant story about fate, loss and how the lives we wish we’d led might not be all they’re cracked up to be . . .\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e","brand":"David Foenkinos","offers":[{"title":"Gallic Books |  Paperback \/ softback | Trade paperback (US) |  2023-09-15","offer_id":44230059196671,"sku":"9781913547592","price":26.95,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0329\/9075\/7001\/files\/BNCImageAPI_0c5a1dfb-54ee-426c-aba8-9c66803bb515.jpg?v=1692996115","url":"https:\/\/riverbookshop.com\/products\/9781913547592","provider":"River Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}